According to literature, after electro-osmosis dewatering, values of energy consumptions found for types of sludge with an initial DS value lower than 13% are usually under 400 Wh/kg H 2 O. These ...
Sludge electro-dewatering technology utilizes electric energy to drive electro-migration of water molecules10,11. Recently, it was extensively studied7,12,13 and also occupied a …
Abstract. A newly developed numerical model is used to identify and evaluate optimum electrode configurations for electro-osmosis dewatering, as well as to evaluate approaches such as current ...
The effects of aging for improving wastewater sludge electro-dewatering performances | Semantic Scholar. DOI: 10.1016/J.JIEC.2019.08.049. Corpus ID: …
Sludge electro-dewatering (SED) is an effective volume reduction method for wastewater sludge before disposal or recycling. ... Compared with another two pictures (Fig. 10 a and b), aromatic proteinⅠsubstance was newly found at Ex/Em of 225–230/305-310 nm (peak C), and tyrosine & protein-like substance was located at Ex/Em of …
In-situ generation of H 2 O 2 for enhancing sludge dewatering is proposed.. Sludge dewaterability and filterability are demonstrated by water content, CST and SRF. • Fe 3+ flocculation and ·OH oxidation are responsible for EPS disintegration.. Electro-Fenton process is the effective and inexpensive method for sludge handling.
1. Introduction. Sludge is a by-product of wastewater treatment and its dewatering is an essential step to make the transportation and disposal of sludge physically and economically feasible (Subramanian et al., 2010, Devlin et al., 2011, Xiao et al., 2016).In China, the dramatic increase in municipal wastewater treatment capacity …
When 35 V voltage was applied for sludge electro-dewatering, it can directly reduce the water content to about 55 wt% within 15 min, and then air-drying to 20 wt% water content took about 100 min ...
Electro-dewatering is a process in which low direct current (DC) electric field is applied through the sludge segment to cause an electroosmotic phenomenon that is …
In recent times, there has been a rise in interest on the applications of electro-technology based food processing methods. With drying in food industries being an energy intensive process with huge environmental impacts, the objective of this study was to design and develop a purpose-built laboratory system, for experimentally …
The feasibility of using Fe 0 /S 2 O 8 2− conditioning (zero valence iron (ZVI)/persulfate (ps)) integrated with horizontal electro-dewatering (HED) to improve the dewaterability of activated sludge (AS) was evaluated. The removal and migration of free and bound water in the ZVI/ps–HED process were determined, along with the organic …
Electro-dewatering transport improved with a higher initial water content or lower initial soil salinity, but was steady when the real-time soil properties changed. An interpretation of the experimental results is presented from the perspective of the electro-dewatering mechanism. The solid–water–ion interaction system of the soil was ...
The study was conducted to evaluate the impact of pressure-driven electro-dewatering (EDW) on improving sludge characteristics related to disposal in agriculture, including biological stability, pathogen availability, heavy metals concentrations and nutrients content. ... 225–234. polyelectrolytes. Desalination 2008, 227(1–3), 103–110. ...
Electro-dewatering (EDW) is a hybrid technology for separating liquids from solids in the wastewater sludge dewatering process. EDW has excellent prospects because it is able to remove water from ...
During electro-dewatering, protein-like and tryptophan-like substances are released from the sludge in large quantities, as evidenced by the disappearance of peaks A, B and C in the figure (Fig. 7 II, IV). The peaks appearing in TB-EPS were both associated with humic acid which is an important factor in filtration resistance [49]. Therefore ...
Electro-dewatering (EDW) is regarded as one of the most efficient and cost-effective technical solutions for sludge deep dewatering [8]. The solid surface of sludge is commonly negatively charged, surrounded by a layer of liquid with opposite charges for charge neutralization, which causes the sludge system to form a double electric layer.
Jajuee et al. [70] patented a continuous electrokinetic process for dewatering oil-sand tailings, which consisted of an auger and perforated tube.The auger shaft and the tube served as the anode and cathode, respectively. Laboratory-scale experiments performed on a 2.54 cm diameter tube with an electric field of 40 V/cm demonstrated …
Electric field-assisted dewatering, also called electro-dewatering (EDW), is a technology in which a conventional dewatering mechanism such a pressure dewatering is combined with electrokinetic effects to realize an improved liquid/solids separation, to increase the final dry solids content and to accelerate the dewatering process with low energy …
2020, Pages 163-225. ... The impact of pH on electro-dewatering was related to the surface charge of the particles measured as zeta-potential. One of the differences between electro-dewatering and mechanical dewatering technologies is that electro-dewatering actively removes ionic compounds from the sludge. In this study, dissolution and ...
Electro-dewatering of sewage sludge with pulsating direct current (PDC-dewatering) was conducted to investigate the effects of pulsating frequency (0.01-60 Hz) and duty cycle (DTC) (20-) on ...
Electro-dewatering (EDW) is an emerging dewatering method which is capable of increasing the dry solid content of sludge up to 70 wt% [10], and it has been recommended as a substitute [10] [11 ...
The effects of these electric field applications and the electrode arrangements and configurations on the dewatering processes are shown, and the usage of electro-osmotic dewatering is focused to biomaterials such as sewage/activated sludge, waterworks sludge, food processing products and wastes, and biomass sludge. …
Electro-dewatering (ED) is an attractive technology for enhancing dewaterability of waste activated sludge (WAS), and the distribution and composition of EPS and secondary structure of extracellular protein in sludge has a great influence on the sludge dewaterability. Therefore, in order to optimize and regulate sludge ED process, it is ...
However, prediction of dewatering enhancement for sewage sludge, in particular, offers a challenge due to variations in sludge pretreatment practices and the lack of harmonized testing methodologies. In this review article, the aspects that have an effect on sewage sludge electro-dewatering and its feasibility are discussed in the light of ...
Electroosmosis, the movement of water in the influence of a direct‐current (dc) electric field, has been used since the 1930s to dewater soil for construction …
An increasing body of evidence (1,4,5) suggests that reversal of electrode polarity or current direction during electro-osmosis leads to improved consolidation and more efficient dewatering. This note reviews the evidence and presents results of recent laboratory tests bearing directly on this question.
Electro-kinetic dewatering was very effective in reducing the weight of the protein-rich sludge. In our bench-scale experiments, using two vertical electrodes, more than half the water content could be removed with a sufficient electrical field, i.e. 20 V at an electrode spacing of 4 cm. While further increase in the electric field to 30 V ...
Electro-dewatering (EDW) is an efficient and energy-saving technology for deep dewatering of sludge. It is significantly influenced by the physicochemical properties (e.g., conductivity, pH and zeta potential) of sludge, which can be altered by conditioning. In this study, sludge conditioning by microbial fuel cell (MFC) was innovatively ...
Electro-dewatering (ED) is an attractive technology for enhancing dewaterability and improving the sustainability of waste activated sludge (WAS) handling. However, electrically assisted mechanical dewatering processes consume more energy and the extracellular polymeric substance (EPS) dissolution caused by electrochemical …
Electro-dewatering process, a promising and fascinating approach to intensify mechanical dewatering, has attracted considerable attention ... On the basis of PARAFAC analysis, four fluorescence components were identified at Ex/Em of 225–245/330–350 (peak A), 280/340 (peak B), 280/420 (peak C), and 360/440 (peak D) ...